Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-01
ERIN FACING THE LASH
TORYISM'S HOLD HOURLY
GLOWING WEAKER.

tho TyranniCal propositions or the
Coercion Measure - Several Liberal
Unionists Growing Restivc Under tho
Calling Proposition.
LONDON, March 31.--Lord Harrington
at meeting to-day OF the liberalization
members of both houses OF Parliament,
explained that the government had made
the Irish crimes act amendment bill a
question OF confdence, and said that if
the Liberal Unionists failed TO support
the bill and in that way brought aboutits
defeat the result would be the advent of
Mr.. Gladstone to power. 1t was the I'M
perative duty of the Liberal U nionists to
prevent this. Lord Harrington contended.
The meeting decided tossnppprt the bill.
Several members OF the party were alb
sent from the meeting.
Two hundred members OF Parliament
attended The meeting. Among them was
Lord Churchill. The meeting enthusias-
ticaily supported the decision of W. II.
Smith TO have division tomorrow night
on Mr.. ParnelE's amendment to the Irish
crimes act amendment bill, providing
that the House resolve itself into COM
mittee to consider the state of ireland,
and on the first reading of the measure.
even if closure had to be eaforced.
The meeting hall was crowded. Among
the prominent persons present were Earl
Derby, MIR. chamberlain and Baron
Rothschild. The meeting, with the ex-
ception OF two dissentients, unanimously
adopted Lord Hartington's proposal that
the Liberal UnionisIs support the first
reading Of the crimes bill on condition
that the members be allowed to criticlse
the measure in committee. Mr.. Chamber
lain approved the proposal.
CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION.
Rt. Hon. Edward deneage, Liberal
Unionist member o. the Rouse OF
Commons for Great GTimsby, In the Lib
erai Union meeting to-day opposed that
part OF the Irish criminal law amendment
bill which changes venue in certain
classes of criminal trisis to England. Mr..
Heneage was supported in this opposition
by several others.
Sir Edward william Watkin, member
for Hythe, said he thought coercion was
needed in Ireland reg rdless of remedial
legislation.
Joseph Chamberlain demurred TO this,
and oontended that emeda! measures
should be at leass i'm led In Irish legis-
latiOn. Lord Hartingg3n appealed to the
members OF the Libt tsal- Union party to
support the gov nm mt on the second
reading OF the ,I l4serving liberty TO
demaud It's comrlil ~ This the meeting
agreedts.s =~ssiss k
EARL cADoGAN's NEW SCHEME
In the House OF Lords tonight Earl
Cadogan, Lord of the Privy Seal, pre-
sented bill providing for the purchase
of Irish holdings, or, in other words, for
the abolition of the system OF dual owner
ship amended by the act of 1881. 1t was
proposed, he SAID, to admit lease holders
to the benefits OF the act OF 1881 [Cheersl.
Lease holders whose leases expired prior
to 1881, numbering 100000, were to be
admitted to the benefits of the act
of 1881 in the same manner
as those whose leases expired in that
year. 1t was also proposed that the land
lord must issue notice in the form sched-
uled in the bill when he obtains an eject
ment writ from court. and that he be re-
quired to serve the tenant with tnat no.
tice in the manner prescribed by the
courts, either by service or by posting =
that when the tenant receives this notice
ne shall become ipso facto, a care-taker
OF his holding for a period Of six months,
and that redemption shall run as from
that date. Earl CadOgan hoped the House
would accept the measure.
THE COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION
Continuing, Earl Cadogan said that the
government found IL Impossible to adopt
the Land Commissions recommendation
that the period OF five years for the fixing
of judicial rents be substituted for that
of fifteen years, according to the present
law. The government agreed with Lord
harrington that IL was an open question
whether Irish rents were excessive or
not, or whether excessive rents were eX-
acted. Therefore it would be unreason-
able to deal anew with settlements of
rents fixed by the act of 1881. IL those
settlements should be disturbed landlords
and tenants would be led TO believe that
there was no finality to such settlements.
The government believed the time had
arrived to formulate further measure
dealing with the tenants purchase OF
holdings, and looked to that mainly for a
settlement OF the questions which unhap-
PLY agitated the country. In that ke be-
Iieved would be found the solution OF
those grave questions. Cheers.
IN TWO PARTS.
The government proposed to deal with
the question in two parts. The fret was
the bill which had just been described,
dealing with questions of urgency and
great difficulty arising from the land act
OF 1881. This bill, which it was hoped
would reduce the number OF evictiOns
one-half, would be followed by n bill
relating to the purchase OF holdings.
This latter bill the government hoped
would permanently settle the
difficulty. The middleman now suffered
great injustice from his inability to OBJ
tain for land the same amount which he
had to pay, because he was not allowed
to 20 TO land court. 1t was now pro-
posed TO ena BILE him to secede from lease.
The bill also proposed to relieve tenants
who were insolvent through no fault OF
their own, but through misfortune.
RELIEF WITHOUT BANKRUPTCY.
1t was said that there was no method
for the relief OF insolvent tenants short OF
bankruptcy. The government, however,
opined that insolyent tenants would d.
vide into three CLASSES. The first class
was composed Of those who had become
Insolvent from temporary causes, and
who, il they secured q reason
able period OF delay instead Of
the short period now given, might
under certain conditions avoid bank
ruptcy. In the second class were those
who were insolvent through no fault Of
| their own, and who perhaps had no rea-
sonable prospect OF being able to pay
| their liabilities. The government de-
sired TO mitigate these hard cases. Z.
Lastly there were improvident and ex-
| travaQant tenants, towardlwhom II Is I'M
possible TO elliott sympathy from Parlia-
ment or the nation.
CoUNTYJUDGEs.